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smart-defrag.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application smart-defrag.exe by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
36336759c98a1348855d59805c26b824

SHA-1:
ade59e9b1a2e858e0977c53c2eef2163d4e3e994

SHA-256:
3b840fd0b1f1e2111312c1f02247e7c3957549b3f6d7983a00f8eedac8dc6ece

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 8:09:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadGuide.Gen
7.11.212.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3183

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9749
9.0.1.060

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadGuide.D potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.197.15043

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloadHelper
14.0.0.2411

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadHelper.dnvnqj
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Covus
15.2.22.7

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
37800

File size:
646.5 KB (662,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\smart-defrag.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/26/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=Muenchen, S=Bayern, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0D160B8252A4F0A16FE1255FA0A22E2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2015 12:01:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/lTy739rAabL8Tflc0w363XhpldX+vWpXw+uuVX1K3cYHFIhplmO:ByJrAmL8Kd363Xjn+vWpw6VFK3umO

Entry address:
0x276CC

Entry point:
E8, D6, 74, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, F1, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 16, E8, 3C, 1C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, E0, 1B, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 08, 77, 13, E8, 20, 1C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, C4, 1B, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 75, 33, C9, 39, 5D, 10, 88, 1E, 0F, 95, C1, 41, 39, 4D, 08, 77, 09, E8, FD, 1B, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, DB, 8B, 4D, 0C, 83, C1, FE, 83, F9, 22, 77, C9, 8B, CE, 39, 5D, 10, 74, 0B, 33, DB, 43, C6, 06, 2D, 8D, 4E, 01, F7, D8, 8B, F9...
 
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Code size:
364 KB (372,736 bytes)

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